These are super simple and are done in no time. just a few ingredients. No chilling of the dough necessary. While they would be fine on their own, I had some extra fluff filling so I made them into cookie sandwiches.
Ingredients list
1 brownie mix
2 tbs flour
2 eggs
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup chocolate chips
Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a bowl, mix brownie mix, flour, eggs, vegetable oil and vanilla. Blend in chips. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Scoop out 1/4 cups dough. Stagger on prepared sheet. Bake 11 to 14 minutes, no longer. Cool completely. These are fine on their own, or you can make them into sandwich cookies..
Today’s treat frosted brownie cookies… so simple because they use a brownie mix and a few other ingredients.
You probably could leave them unfrosted, but i think the frosting adds a little extra goodness.
I do recommend chilling the dough and few hours to keep them from spreading too much.
Ingredients list
1 brownie mix
2 tbs cocoa powder
2 eggs
1/4 cup butter, melted
1 tbs chocolate syrup
1 tsp vanilla
Directions – in a bowl, mix all ingredients. Scoop out 1/4 cups of dough and chill a few hours. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or nonstick baking liners. Stagger cookies on prepared sheet.sheets. bake 9 to 11 minutes. They were a little gushy in the middle, but I did not cook them any longer because I was worried about the bottoms burning). I did pop them in the fridge to firm them up. Cool completely.
Frosting ingredients
1/2 cup butter, softened
2 cups powdered sugar
1/2 cup baking cocoa
1/3 cup heavy cream
1 tsp vanilla
In a bowl, mix ingredients well. Frost cookies. Store in covered container.
I can NOT believe it is week 14 already! Wow. Football season goes so fast. One day it’s the preseason opener and in no time at all, the regular season is almost over. I needed something quick, so I used the Betty Crocker monster cookies recipe and stuffed them with Reese’s pumpkins. Another day I will post a complete homemade version.
I am glad the Bills night games are done. Those are a killer to stay up for and get up early the next morning! But last week, with Josh’s hat trick of touchdowns (throwing, running and receiving), it was worth it.
These are easy. I do chill the dough to keep them from spreading too much. Remember to preheat your oven before baking
Ingredients list
1 peanut butter cookie mix
1 chocolate chip cookie mix
11/2 cups oats (old fashioned or instant)
3 eggs
1 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cups m&ms
1 cup milk chocolate chips
Peanut butter cups
Directions- In a bowl, combine cookies mixes and oats. Blend in butter and eggs (I used a gand mixer). Fold in chips and m&ms. Scoop out 2 tbs dough and evenly form around Reese’s pumpkins. Chill a few hours. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with nonstick baking liners. Stagger cookies on sheet. Bake 10 to 12 minutes (no longer). Cool completely. Store in covered container.
I have not done as much baking this summer because it has been too hot and humid. No, I do not want ten below zero and two feet of snow, but temps near 90 a dew point close to 70 or above is not great either. Anyways……
Rob asked for brownies so instead of using just a mix. I swapped out the water for ice cream and added some hot fudge (a neat addition to chocolate baked good, as long as you don’t overdo it). He ate one and I brought the rest to work today.
If you have time, let the hot fudge warm to room temp bc it is easier to mix in. Do not microwave or heat it up another way. You can use any ice cream flavor you want. I used cookies n cream for these.
Ingredients
1 brownie mix
2 eggs
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 cup ice cream (use any flavor you want)
1/4 cup hot fudge (room temp, if possible)
Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9×13 pan with tin foil and spray with baking spray. In a bowl, combine brownie mix, eggs and foil. Blend in hot fudge then ice cream. It may take a while to mix in ice cream. Evenly spread in pan. Bake 22 to 28 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out with a few moist crumbs. Cool completely. Store in covered container.
A simple, super chocolate cookie made using a brownie mix. They do not need to be frosted, but I chose to.. and I topped them with m&ms.
I chilled the individual mounds of dough to keep them from spreading too much. Also wait until the cookies are completely cooled before frosting. I was a little impatient with the final batch and things got a little messy!
Ingredients list
2 brownie mixes (each one I used was 18.2 oz)
1/4 cup baking cocoa (scooped from cocoa container into your measuring cup so you get the right amount)
1/2 cup butter, melted
4 eggs
2 tbs corn syrup, honey, chocolate syrup, (or hot fudge at room temp)
Directions – in a bowl, combine ingredients. Scoop out 2 tbs of dough (dough is soft). Place individual doughs in fridge for a few hours. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Just before baking, i formed the doughs into tall mounds. Line cookie sheet with nonstick baking liners. Stagger cookies. Bake 8 to 10 min (no longer)
Frosting ingredients
2 cups powdered sugar (scooped from container into measuring cup)
1 /2 cup baking cocoa
2 to 6 tbs water (depending on consistency you want)
In a bowl, combine ingredients. Frost completely cooked cookies. Top with m&ms. Store in covered container.
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A simple, yet great way to get your chocolate fix. Brownies, yet in cookies form. Plus, they take less time to bake than brownies, 10 minutes, as opposed to 20. Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into you measuring cup and preheat your oven for 20 minutes before baking.
Ingredients
An 18.3 oz brownie mix
1/4 cup flour
2 eggs
5 tbs vegetable oil
2 tbs water
1 cup chocolate chips
Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes before baking. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper or nonstick baking liners. In a bowl, combine brownie mix, eggs, oil, and water. Fold in chips. Scoop out 2 tbs of dough and place on baking sheets. Do not put too close together bc they spread a little. Bake 10 minutes. Sprinkle warm cookies with powdered sugar. Cool completely. Store in covered container.
Cookie monster!
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From time to time, when I peruse chocolate cake recipes to bake, I come across the chocolate cake from Portillo’s in Chicago. It’s a restaurant known for Chicago style hot dogs, Italian beef and chocolate cake. The recipe I found on a couple different sites (including Hellman’s) uses a chocolate cake mix, eggs, water and mayonnaise (as opposed to vegetable oil). You could also add chocolate chips, but i forgot. I also went with a homemade chocolate frosting. It is 100 degrees in CT this weekend, so I kept the cake in the fridge. My hubby is not a cake person, but he loves himself some frosting and he was a fan of this frosting!
Check out the frosting!
Ingredients
1 chocolate cake mix (i used devil’s food)
1 cup cold water
3 eggs,
1 cup mayonnaise
1 cup chocolate chips
Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Spray 2 nine inch cake pans with baking spray. In a bowl, combine cake mix, water, eggs and mayo. Beat on medium speed with a mixer for 2-3 minutes. Add chips. Divide evenly into prepared pans. Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with a few crumbs. Remove from oven. Cool 10 minutes in pans. Remove from pans and cool completely.
Frosting ingredients
1 cup butter, softened
4 cups powdered sugar
1 1/2 cups baking cocoa
1 1/2 cups heavy cream
1 tbs vanilla extract
Directions- combine ingredients and beat on low speed until combined. Beat on medium speed until creamy. Frost cake
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A reminder to scoop your flour from your flour bag into you measuring cup. Also,form your dough into high mounds and chill these overnight. And,preheat your oven for 20 minutes before baking so your oven cycles to the right temp for baking
Still trying to use up my extra large box of Oreos,so I decided to finely crush them up, toss them in my brownie mix cookies. Then frost them with chocolate ganache (a fancy name for melted chocolate) and top with more finely crushed Oreos. These came out a little flatter than I prefer, so I may add a little more flour and a tbs of cornstarch next time to see if that helps them stay puffier.
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Ingredients
1 brownie mix
3/4 cup flour
1/4 cup plus 2 tbs vegetable oil
2 eggs
3 tbs water
3 /4 cup finely crushed oreos
Directions – combine brownie mix, flour, vegetable oil, eggs, and water. Blend in crushed Oreos. Scoop out 1/4 cups of dpugh. chill at least a few hours. Preheat oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Cool completley.
Ganache ingredients
3/4 cup milk chocolate chips
3/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup heavy cream
Directions – in a microwave safe bowl,heat both types of chips for one minute. Set aside. In another microwave safe bowl, heat cream for one minute. Pour over chips, let set 10 minutes. Stir smooth. Frost completely cooled cookies. Top with crushed Oreos. Store in covered container.
I went a little crazy with the ganache!
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An Oreo stuffed inside a chocolate chip sugar cookie
I have an abundance of Oreos so in an attempt to use them up, I decided to stuff them inside a chocolate chip sugar cookie. I used a Betty Crocker sugar cookie mix and added some chocolate chips. Then I stuffed an Oreo inside. And as soon as I took them out of the oven, I sprinkled them with powdered sugar. Feel free to use any cookie recipe (or mix).
Ingredients
1 sugar cookie mix
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 tbs water
1 egg
1 cup chocolate chips
Oreos
Cookie monster at it again!
Directions – preheat oven to 375 degrees for 20 minutes. In a bowl, combine cookie mix, butter, water and egg. Mix well. Add chips. Scoop out 3 tbs of dough. Evenly form around an Oreo. Stagger on a cookie sheet lined with nonstick baking liners. Bake 10 to 14 minutes, until light golden on bottom. Immediately sprinkle with powdered sugar after removing from oven. Cool completely. Store in covered container.
I know the classic black and white, or half moon cookie, has a vanilla cookie base. But today, I decided to mix it up and go with a brownie base. I also decided to use my whoopie pie pans! Honestly, they are one of the baking tools I have, but rarely use. (Others include a churros maker and mini cake pop maker, both which operate like a foreman grill, and breadmaker).
Whoopie pie pan getting used for the first time in a long time
I used a mix for these, but you could probably use your favorite homemade recipe and add the flour and baking cocoa. Remember to scoop your flour from,you flour bag into your measuring cup and preheat your oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes before baking. Also, if black and white cookies are not your thing, make whatever flavor filling you want and make whoopie pies.
Ingredients
1 brownie recipe, prepared
1 cup flour
1/4 cup baking cocoa
Directions – preheat oven to 350 for 20 minutes. Spray a whoopie pie pan with baking spray, or line a cookie sheet with a nonstick baking liner. Combine your brownie recipe, along with flour and baking cocoa. Mixture will be thick. Scoop out 2 tbs dough and spread evenly in whoopie pie pan or to a 2 1/2 inch circle. Bake at 350 for 8 to 10 minutes. Tops may seem undone, but that is ok. Cooking too long will dry them out. Let cool completely.
Chocolate frosting – in a microwave safe bowl, combine 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips and 4 1/2 tbs butter. Melt in 30 second increments until you can stir smooth. Flat side up, frost 1/2 of cookie. Let set 10 minutes.
Let the chocolate side set for 10 minutes
Vanilla frosting – combine 2 cups powdered sugar, 2 tbs corn syrup and 2-3 tbs heavy cream. Frost other side of cookie. Store in covered container.
The finished product
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